4th Air Support Operations Group

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4th Air Support Operations Group
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Members of the 4th ASOG's 2nd ASOS call in a fire mission during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany in 2016
Active5 June 1942 – 5 June 1947
15 March 1984 – 1 July 1994
1 August 1996 – present [1]
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
TypeCombat support
RoleAir support operations
Part of United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
Garrison/HQ Vogelweh, Germany
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World War II – American Theater
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World War IIEAME Theater
  • Normandy campaign
  • Northern France campaign
  • Rhineland campaign
  • Ardennes–Alsace campaign
  • Central Europe campaign

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Iraq War

  • Iraqi National Resolution
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The 4th Air Support Operations Group (4 ASOG) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing. It is stationed at the Lucius D. Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany. The group's members mainly support United States Army Europe and Africa units by providing Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) airmen to army units, as well as providing weather support in Europe and Africa. Airmen from the 4th ASOG also serve as trainers at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. [2] [3] [4]

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Assigned units

Lineage

Activated on 5 June 1942
Redesignated 4th Air Support Communication Squadron on 11 January 1943
Redesignated 4th Air Support Control Squadron on 20 August 1943
Redesignated 4th Tactical Air Communications Squadron on 1 April 1944
Inactivated on 5 June 1947
Disbanded on 8 October 1948
Redesignated 601st Air Support Operations Center Group on 8 March 1984
Activated on 15 March 1984
Redesignated 601st Air Support Operations Group on 1 May 1985
Redesignated 4th Air Support Operations Group on 1 March 1988
Inactivated on 1 July 1994
Activated on 1 August 1996 [1]

Assignments

Stations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dollman, David (5 August 2016). "4 Air Support Operations Group (USAFE)". Air Force Historical Research Agency . Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. "4th Air Support Operations Group" (PDF). ramstein.af.mil. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. Boyer, Devin (5 October 2020). "4 ASOG, 435 CRG conduct airborne insertion training". DVIDS. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. Rumbaugh, Devin (21 March 2018). "4th ASOG supports Dynamic Front 18". DVIDS. Retrieved 5 July 2022.